For three key metrics over a 30-day period, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 achieved the best results among all titles ever released under this name.

For the week ending November 26, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl claimed the top spot in the list of top-grossing games on Steam. The shooter led the chart for both paid and free titles.

Russian indie developer Vladislav Meshcheryakov, known for the shooter VLADiK BRUTAL, is preparing to rebrand his studio. Soon, Narko Games will officially change its name to BRUTAL SOFTWARE.

Unions from several Ubisoft studios in Barcelona have voiced opposition to the company’s management, as reported by GamesIndustry. They have filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft due to the partial rollback of remote work: starting in September, all employees are required to spend at least three days a week in the office.

MY.GAMES announced the creation of MGVC Publishing—a new division that will be part of the MGVC investment structure. This division will focus on providing publishing support to mobile game development studios worldwide.

In 2021, Casey Hudson, former general manager of BioWare and producer of the first installments of Mass Effect, announced the opening of his own studio, Humanoid Origin. It has come to light that three years later, it has ceased to exist.

Today, the Internet Development Institute (IDI) has begun accepting contest applications for the creation of Russian content in the digital environment. Games are one of the key focus areas of the contest.

According to Bloomberg, Sony plans to return to the portable device market with a new, yet-to-be-announced console capable of running PlayStation 5 games. The company is in the early stages of developing this project.

The French studio Shiro Games announced that sales of the tactical RPG Wartales have surpassed one million copies. This figure is only from Steam. Considering other platforms, the game’s sales should be even higher.

Supercell has been actively experimenting with internal processes for over a year. At the Slush 2024 conference, CEO Ilkka Paananen admitted that the company was forced to make changes because it had stopped growing.

The sequel to the popular action RPG Path of Exile 2 has surged into the global top-grossing games on the Steam platform. This was made possible by the recently opened pre-orders.

Although the headquarters of Larian Studios is based in Belgium, the company has branches in other countries. One of them is located in Ireland. Recently, Dublin’s Larian Group Holdings published a financial report revealing the developers’ income from the past year.

In Russia, the issue of issuing distribution certificates for games, similar to those for films, has been raised again. The discussion took place during a roundtable organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation with developers of a domestic gaming console, according to “Kommersant” sources.

Raphael Colantonio believes that Metacritic hinders the creation of complex and risky games, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 became the best-selling game in the U.S. for October, and World of Warcraft turned 20 years old — here are the main events in the gaming industry from the past weekend.

Svetlana Gordey, a leading attorney at REVERA, discussed the variety of tax incentives, strong legal protections, and a developed business environment that make the UK an almost ideal location for gaming studios in her column for App2Top.

Last week in Busan, one of the largest cities in South Korea, the WN Connect event took place. Here are the highlights.

At the G-Star 2024 exhibition in South Korea, the founder and CEO of Koei Tecmo, Yoichi Erikawa, shared that all executive directors at his company also hold producer positions. He believes this is beneficial both for the games and for the top managers themselves.

On November 21, Star Wars Outlaws officially launched on the Steam store. Within the first 24 hours, the game’s peak online player count did not even reach a thousand.

The number of copies sold of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl has surpassed one million, GSC Game World announced. This milestone was reached on the second day after release, even though the shooter is available through the Game Pass subscription.